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Files 4.2 arrived in early July 2026 for Windows 10 and Windows 11 users, adding a Tree View sidebar, faster dual-pane workflows, toolbar-based “Open With” controls, metadata improvements, and a long list of navigation and reliability fixes. As reported by Neowin and detailed by the Files project’s own release notes, this is not the kind of update that changes what a file manager is. It is more important than that: it changes how often users have to stop thinking about their work and start...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 optional Windows 11 preview update KB5095093 includes a fix for a runaway storage bug in which the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file can grow from a tiny database log into tens, hundreds, or reportedly up to 500GB on affected PCs. The issue, amplified by PCWorld and traced in detail by Windows Latest, is not just another “Windows uses more space than expected” complaint. It is a reminder that modern Windows increasingly hides critical state inside obscure system...

Semiconductor supply-chain risk in 2026 is no longer a pandemic-era shortage story; it is a structural contest over where advanced chips are designed, fabricated, packaged, shipped, insured, powered, and staffed across a fragmented global production system. The article supplied by BISinfotech gets the central point right: chips are the foundation of the modern economy, but the foundation is narrower, slower, and more politically exposed than most buyers want to admit. The uncomfortable...

NHS England is accelerating an AI triage tool inside the NHS App from July 2026, aiming to reach more than 200,000 patients within 12 months and all NHS App users in England by April 2028. The move is the clearest sign yet that the health service’s digital transformation is no longer about portals, PDFs, and appointment reminders; it is about routing clinical demand before a human receptionist, nurse, or GP sees it. As detailed by NHS England and first summarised by Resultsense, the project...

Ford and Micron announced on July 6, 2026, a long-term Strategic Customer Agreement to secure memory and storage supply for Ford’s next-generation vehicles, tying the automaker’s future production plans to Micron’s expanding U.S. automotive chip capacity. The deal, detailed by Micron and reported by Ford Authority, is not just another post-pandemic supply-chain press release. It is a signal that automakers now see memory as a strategic production constraint, not a commodity part to be bought...

Microsoft’s June 23, 2026 preview update KB5095093 fixes a Windows 11 Shell regression that could break Start, Search, Settings, the Taskbar, and File Explorer on provisioned PCs, while also addressing a Capability Access Manager storage bug that could consume large amounts of disk space. The fix matters less because it repairs one flashy desktop annoyance than because it closes a year-old crack in Windows’ managed-device story. As WindowsReport noted today, with Neowin and Microsoft’s own...

Microsoft acknowledged in its June 23, 2026 optional Windows 11 preview update that a storage issue tied to CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal can cause abnormal disk usage on affected PCs, with user reports collected by Windows Latest describing cases from tens of gigabytes to roughly 500GB. The bug is not glamorous, but it is the sort of failure that makes a modern operating system feel unreliable in the most personal way: your C: drive simply vanishes. Microsoft’s fix is already in the...

Microsoft acknowledged on June 29, 2026, that Windows 11’s KB5095093 preview update improves disk usage for the CapabilityAccessManager.db-wal file, after user reports showed the hidden database log swelling from megabytes into tens, hundreds, and in some cases roughly 500GB. The bug is not glamorous, but it is the kind of Windows failure that users remember: invisible, slow-moving, and discovered only when something else breaks. As Club386, Windows Latest, TechRadar, Reddit users, and...

On July 6, 2026, Cloud Wars published an excerpt from a keynote by Thales Teixeira of UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management arguing that companies organized around customer outcomes, not products, are better protected against disruption. The example is deceptively simple: a drill maker that thinks it sells drills may miss the next, better way to make holes. For WindowsForum readers, the sharper lesson is that the same mistake now stalks enterprise software, cloud platforms, and AI...

Microsoft and Commvault announced on June 24, 2026, that Commvault Cloud will become a native independent software vendor service on Microsoft Azure, with public preview expected this summer and purchasing routed through Microsoft Marketplace. The move, first outlined in Commvault’s announcement and expanded on by Security Boulevard, is not merely another marketplace listing. It is a bet that backup, recovery, identity resilience, and cyber recovery are becoming part of the cloud control...

Microsoft said Monday, July 6, 2026, that it will eliminate about 4,800 jobs worldwide, roughly 2.1 percent of its workforce, as the company redirects spending toward artificial intelligence infrastructure, Azure growth, sales restructuring, and a broader reset inside its Xbox business. Reuters reported the cuts first through syndication carried by outlets including Hum News English and The Detroit News, while GeekWire added regional detail on the scope of the sales and gaming impact. The...

Lossless Scaling is a $6.99 Windows utility on Steam from developer THS that applies external upscaling and LSFG frame generation to windowed or borderless games, emulators, and video content across Nvidia, AMD, Intel, and integrated GPUs. That dry description understates why the app matters in 2026: it has become the frame-generation option for everything the GPU vendors did not bless. The promise is seductive, but the lesson from the last year of updates is more complicated. Lossless...

Microsoft 365 Family is Microsoft’s US consumer subscription for up to six people, priced by Microsoft at $99.99 per year or $9.99 per month as of July 2026, bundling Office apps, 1 TB of OneDrive storage per person, Defender protections, and Family Safety tools. The ad hoc news item frames it as a household productivity bundle with a stock-market footnote, but the more interesting story is how ordinary family software has become recurring cloud infrastructure. Microsoft is not merely...

Windows 11 battery life in 2026 is less about one miracle toggle than about stopping the operating system, apps, and display from spending power while you are not looking, typing, or actively asking the machine to work. The DigitBin test that kicked this off found the largest practical gains from Energy saver and background app permissions, not from the louder folklore around dark mode or extreme performance throttling. That result lines up with Microsoft’s own guidance: modern Windows power...

Microsoft has confirmed Windows 11 version 26H2 as its next annual feature update, expected in the second half of 2026, with Windows Central reporting that it will arrive mainly as a small enablement package for systems already on version 25H2. That sounds minor only if you still think Windows features arrive in one dramatic annual drop. The real story is that Microsoft has turned the version number into a support contract while shipping the operating system itself in monthly installments...

Microsoft is rolling out a new in-meeting control for Microsoft Teams in July 2026 that lets licensed organizers and presenters turn off Meeting AI features such as Copilot, Facilitator, and Intelligent Recap across desktop, web, and mobile clients. The change, reported by Windows Central and reflected in Microsoft 365 Message Center materials, is small in interface terms but large in cultural meaning. Microsoft is not retreating from AI in meetings; it is acknowledging that AI in meetings...

Bloom Consulting Services announced on June 9, 2026, from Nagpur, Maharashtra, India, that it has earned a Microsoft Solutions Partner designation, positioning the cloud consulting firm more visibly inside Microsoft’s enterprise partner ecosystem. The company framed the credential as validation of its Azure, cloud modernization, DevOps, AI, and digital transformation work for global enterprise customers. That is the headline, but the more interesting story is what this kind of badge now...

Microsoft matters to the Nasdaq Composite because it is one of the index’s largest Nasdaq-listed companies, and in a market-capitalization-weighted benchmark its share-price moves can materially sway the headline “Nasdaq” number watched by investors, fund managers, and technology-sector observers every trading day. The short version is arithmetic; the longer version is that Microsoft has become one of the main vehicles through which Wall Street prices cloud computing, enterprise software...

Microsoft began testing Android-to-PC app continuity for Windows 11 Insiders on August 22, 2025, with Build 26200.5761 in the Dev Channel and a Spotify-first “Resume alert” that lets playback move from an Android phone to a Windows 11 PC. The feature is small in its first public form, but its implications are not. Microsoft is again trying to make Windows feel less like a standalone desktop operating system and more like the center of a mixed-device life. As detailed by Microsoft on the...

Thurrott.com published a July 5, 2026 update to Paul Thurrott’s Windows 11 Field Guide virtualization chapter, covering how Windows 11 users can enable and use Windows Sandbox and Hyper-V Client on supported PCs. The update reads like a how-to, but the bigger story is that virtualization has become ordinary Windows plumbing. Microsoft no longer treats isolated operating environments as an exotic server trick; it uses them to make Windows safer, more flexible, and more complicated. For...